african rainbow minerals ltd
(ARI:Johannesburg)

Executive Profile*

Background*

Mr. Patrice Tlhopane Motsepe, BA (Legal), LLB is the Founder of African Rainbow Minerals Gold Ltd., and has been its Executive Chairman since May 4, 2004. Mr. Motsepe founded Business Unity South Africa (BUSA), the first non-racial, united and recognized business organization in South Africa and serves as its President. He was a Partner of Bowman Gilfillan Inc., a leading South African law firm, specializing in mining and business law. He was employed for approximately ... 4 years by McGuire Woods LLP, a law firm in Richmond, Virginia, USA. In 1994, he founded Future Mining (Proprietary) Ltd., which grew rapidly to become a competitive contract mining company. In 1998, he founded African Rainbow Minerals (Proprietary) Ltd. which in 2002 became ARMgold which was successfully listed on the JSE Securities Exchange in 2002. In 2001, Mr. Motsepe founded African Rainbow Minerals Platinum (Proprietary) Limited and ARM Mining Consortium Limited which entered into a 50/50 joint venture with Anglo American Platinum Corp. Ltd. for the establishment of a new platinum mine and served as a legal consultant for its southern African practice from 1992 to 1995. From 1988 to 1991, he was a practising attorney with the law firm Bowman Gilfillan Hayman Godfrey Inc. He has a significant entrepreneurial expertise and knowledge of the new business environment in South Africa and is in central in helping to steer Harmony to grow and be competitive. He has more than 10 years of experience in the mining industry. Mr. Motsepe has been Chairman of Teal Exploration & Mining Inc since September 16, 2005. He serves as the Chairman of Ubuntu-Botho Investments. He serves as the Non Executive Chairman at Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd. He serves as a Deputy Chairman of Sanlam Ltd. He serves as Deputy Chairman of Sanlam Life Insurance Ltd. He served as an Executive Chairman of ARMgold which merged with Harmony in 2003. Mr. Motsepe has been a Non-Executive Director of Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd. since September 9, 2003. He has been an Executive Director of African Rainbow Minerals Ltd. (formerly Anglovaal Mining Limited) since May 5, 2003. He has been a Non-executive Director of Sanlam Ltd. since April 4, 2004. He serves as President of the Black Business Council. He has been Non Executive Director of Sanlam Life Insurance Ltd. since 2004. Since 1990, he has been a Member of the Council of NAFCOC, and in 2002 President of NAFCOC. He previously served as a Director of Sanlam Ltd. He served as a Non-Executive Director of Absa Group Ltd. from July 9, 2004 to July 27, 2005. Mr. Motsepe also served as a Director of Absa Bank Ltd. He has also been a Member of NEDLAC, which is South Africa's primary institution for social dialogue between organized business, government, labour and community on issues of social and economic policy, since 1994. He was voted Sunday Times South Africa's Business Leader for 2002, and also voted South Africa's best entrepreneur for 2002. In the same year, he was voted by the CEO's of the top 100 companies in South Africa as South Africa's Business Leader of the year. From 1991 to 1992, he was a visiting attorney with McGuire Woods Battle and Boothe under an American Bar Association programme. He serves as President of Chamber of Commerce and Industry South Africa and Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club. He served as Senior Vice President of the Chamber of Mines and is a Global Leader of Tomorrow of the World Economic Forum (WEF). Mr. Motsepe holds a Bachelor of Arts in Legal and a Bachelor of Laws, both from the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.

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